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‘I’ve fallen out with people’: the bruising debate over UK zonal energy pricing

Industry divided over whether plan to vary electricity cost depending on location really could make bills cheaper for all

The Guardian - UK

UK steel industry calls for protectionist measures over glut driven by China

Lobby group UK Steel said country faces ‘cliff edge’ in 2026 when current protections run out

The Guardian - UK

North Sea firms claim windfall tax risks 35,000 jobs and £12bn in tax receipts

Industry group says plans for tougher taxes would ‘trigger an accelerated fall’ in output and investment

The Guardian - UK

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British electricity prices could hinder switch to green technology, says steel industry

UK Steel says British firms paid prices in spring well over double French and Spanish equivalents

The Guardian - UK

UK officials recommend extending post-Brexit steel quotas

Kemi Badenoch to make final decision on protections amid British industry fears of possible flood of imports

The Guardian - UK

‘A golden opportunity’: Port Talbot fights to keep its steelmaking tradition alive

Tata’s plan for greener steel would see a four-year shutdown in Wales but unions and locals are adamant there is another way

The Guardian - UK

UK to introduce carbon tax on steel imports from 2027

Plan, which aims to support domestic producers, will also apply to iron, ceramics and cement

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Fresh calls to scrap Cumbrian coalmine amid steel industry’s green push

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

The Guardian - UK

New pollution limits could 'suffocate steel firms without help to go green'

Campaigners warned companies in the threatened industry need support to move to environmentally-friendly processes before it is too late

Daily Mirror

Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"

Daily Mirror

Steelworkers march on Parliament in last-ditch bid to save 'crumbling' industry

Staff from Britain's six steelmaking firms will converge on Westminster for a rally minutes before Prime Minister's Questions

Daily Mirror

Tories have 'murdered' manufacturing says union leader amid fury at missing plan

MPs and unions today blasted the lack of an industrial strategy from the Government as fears grow about the impact on a series of firms and the wider economy

Daily Mirror

Tories 'sleepwalking into death of Britain’s steel industry', warns union leader

Fresh fears have been raised about the future of the sector after a major report found the UK “falling further behind in the race to develop green steel plants”

Daily Mirror

'£300m for Port Talbot steelworks falls woefully short of what's needed to save the Welsh steel industry'

Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens and Newport West MP Jessica Morden argue the government is putting the steel industry's future at risk

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Steel firms plead for energy price help as costs soar to 30 times historic average

Trade body UK Steel has taken the unusual step of issuing a public plea for the extension of a scheme aimed at supporting the energy-intensive industry as costs rockets

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Steel industry calls for fresh help as Tories prepare to gather for conference

The sector issued a new warning about the impact of high electricity prices hammering production costs

Daily Mirror

Cheap Chinese steel 'set to flood UK if trade measures are axed'

The warning comes after the Trade Remedies Authority recommended scrapping protections aimed at stopping imports of low-cost metal overwhelming British producers

Daily Mirror

Forging green steel requires 'biggest overhaul since Industrial Revolution'

A major report by trade body UK Steel outlined how the sector could transition to environmentally-friendly production and help fight climate change

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Steel campaigners celebrate plan to extend measures to protect UK industry

The Department for International Trade is set to extend the package of tariffs and quotas - despite the Prime Minister's ethics adviser quitting last week over the plan

Daily Mirror

Inside the steel row that was the last straw for Boris Johnson's ethics advisor

Boris Johnson has lost his second Independent Advisor on Ministerial Interests in two years after Lord Geidt sensationally resigned. It's since emerged an obscure row over tariffs was - at least partly - to blame. Ben Glaze explains...

Daily Mirror

Calls for Tories to extend steel safeguards and save UK industry from £150m blow

Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds tackled the Government over the measures in the Commons as experts demanded an extension to 2024

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows to extend UK steel import quotas

Producers fear losing £150m in annual sales unless government keeps ‘steel safeguards’

Daily Mirror

British steel for underwater cables bringing electricity to Devon from Morocco

Submarine cable manufacturer XLCC , which will make the wires to carry power from North Africa to a North Devon village, signed the UK Steel Charter in a boost for the industry

The Guardian - UK

High energy-using industries fear lack of support from UK ministers

Firms say they need the kind of help that EU competitors get as gas and electricity prices soar

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